A state-run news agency in Iran has reported that a 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to 100 lashes for a crime he allegedly did not commit. The ROKNA news agency said that he was sentenced to the lashes on 15th July, accused of abusing an 11-year-old boy in the city of Tehran. But the boy’s parents had retracted the complaint against the boy
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Iranian ships stranded in Brazil as the sanctions prevent refueling
Two Iranian cargo ships cannot leave Brazil as they cannot refuel due to U.S. sanctions against Iran, Reuters reported. The Brazilian state-owned oil company has been refusing to refuel the Iranian vessels for several weeks now for considerations relating to the implications of U.S. sanctions…
Iran Regime’s Supreme Leader appoints close associate to the Guardian Council
In a decree on Monday, July 15, 2019, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, appointed Mullah Alireza Arafi, one of his close associates, as a member of the Guardian Council, to replace Mohammad Momen, who died last February.
UK warship placed on high alert after Iranian bomb boat is spotted in the region
A heavily-armed British warship steaming to the Gulf to protect key shipping lanes has been put on action stations after a “bomb boat” belonging to Iran’s regime was spotted in its path, according to reports in Britain on Tuesday.
Retirees protest in Tehran despite the Regime suppression
A large group of retired government employees and military personnel gathered outside the labor ministry in Tehran on Tuesday to protest the lack of response to their demands. There was a heavy police presence designed to suppress the protesters, but the retirees continued their demonstrations and held aloft banners with their slogans
Iranian drones raise US alarm over the Regime’s plans
The increased use of drones by the Iranian regime and its allies for surveillance and attacks across the Middle East is raising alarms in Washington, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The United States believes that Iran-linked militia in Iraq have recently increased their surveillance of American troops and bases in the country by using…
Iranian Regime hangs one man in public and four others in prison
Iran’s regime hanged five prisoners in a single day this week, including one in public, while another two prisoners have been transferred to solidarity confinement to be hanged imminently. On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, four prisoners were executed in Orumieh (Urmia) prison, northwest of Iran…
How Iraq is helping Iran to survive the US sanctions?
Iraq sees itself as a regional economic hub, establishing good trading relations with all its neighbors, and has stressed that it does not want to be part of any international or regional axes. Yet Tehran’s growing commercial relations with Baghdad may strengthen the Iranians’ already significant political leverage.
Iran launched hundreds of cyberattacks on US political groups
Suspected nation-state hackers from Russia, Iran and elsewhere have launched nearly 800 cyberattacks against political organizations over the past year that have been detected by Microsoft Corp., with the vast majority of the attempts targeting groups based in the U.S…
Iranian police arrested Christian for not properly wearing hijab after assault
Iranian regime police arrested a young Christian woman, Fatemeh Mohammadi, last week for filing a complaint about being assaulted due to an alleged violation of the Islamic forced-hijab policy. The website Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) wrote on July 12 that Mohammadi “was arrested by NAJA (Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran)…
Shiite protesters in Tehran demand release of the Nigerian Pro-Iran cleric
A group calling itself “students and seminary scholars of the world of Islam” held a protest in front of the Nigerian embassy on Wednesday afternoon in Tehran. Carrying banners, they demanded the release of a Nigerian Shi’ite cleric, Sheik Ibrahim Yaqoub El Zakzaky who has been in custody since December 2015…
